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Tenure vs nontenure jobs
I'm trying to understand an excerpt from a New Yorker article about the mathematician Yitang Zhang. The excerpt is included at the bottom. If possible, please help clarify Yang's point about tenure ...
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How common is it for tenured professors to retire?
It seems like some professors choose to retire, while others love their job so much they don't stop doing it until they die (or have health issues that make them unable to work). Which situation is ...
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Research on career path after tenure denial?
I am looking for a study on the career path of professors after they are denied tenure.
Specifically, what percentage of these
get a tenured or tenure-track position at another institution?
get a ...
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What steps can faculty and staff take to promote excellence in, and importance of, teaching?
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Faculty don't think teaching is as important as their other responsibilities; how do we change that?
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I've been working in academia for a long time and whenever I see instructors ...
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What is the promotion rate of professors in United States?
I'm writing an essay, and want to know the promotion rate and average duration from assistant professor to associate professor and associate professor to professor in recent years. Sadly I don't know ...
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What is the weight on the applicant's personality for tenure?
Assume that someone is an excellent researcher (many awards and at least 7-8 publications a year) and a very good teacher but he is not "liked" by some of the tenured faculty in the department (due to ...
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Post tenure job search in the humantities: a waste of time?
I've searched many forums and websites and I am hoping to find a more direct answer to my question.
I am a tenured, associate professor of humanities at a SLAC (yes, I do appreciate this). My family ...
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Should one apply for tenure track positions below current rank?
Should a full professor apply for an associate professor position if it's the only way s/he might be able to continue his or her career?
The situation in question involves a person recently promoted ...
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What ratio of PhD graduates in STEM fields ultimately end up as (tenured) professors?
I recently saw this infogram circling around various social networks:
It appeared in this Tweet with the following claim:
Got a PhD? Your chance of becoming a Professor is 0.45%. Good luck.
Being ...
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Does Canada have similar tenure-track system as the USA?
Does Canada have similar tenure-track system as the USA? Does it have around 6 years in a tenure-track position before getting tenure?
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What is the real benefit of tenured positions for universities?
People are interested in tenured positions to have a secured job, as they do not need to worry about their contracts. Tenured position gives a professor security that s/he cannot get fired easily (e.g....
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What stops an assistant/associate professor with a strong publication record from being promoted?
As far as I experienced, research is the most important factor for promotion, as it represents different features of an academician/scholar, which are needed by higher education institutions: teaching ...
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Are faculty applicants hired at a level based on their current position?
When a university appoints a faculty applicant, the rank is based on his/her current position or the university will judge about the academic rank independently?
I understand that each university has ...
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Do Australian academic jobs have similar tenure track policies as USA?
Is the Australian academia following the same system as the US one? i.e., tenure track for a few years, and then tenured? Or it is more like the British one where there is 'probation' period?
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What is the average tenure-track duration in the USA?
I am a postdoc and will be up in the tenure-track job market in the near future. Just want to know what the average duration one has to work on tenure-track. Is this duration negotiable or there is a ...
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